Devils Wear Halos, Too
August 27, 2008
My wife just sent me a link that I will use as my next big post topic, but for now, enjoy:
Some might say that all those teenagers “wasting time” on Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 are actually the warfighters of tomorrow, training themselves at zero cost to the U.S. taxpayer. In fact, when offered the choice between the traditional airplane controls and gamepad controls, many younger soldiers pick the thumbsticks that are familiar to them. “There is an absolute age difference,” says Bigham. “We call it the ‘jihad of game controllers.’ You get kids that are in their low 20s that are gamers, and they go right to the game paddle. And they don’t know why us old-timers like using the F-16 hands-on, throttle-and-stick controllers.”
